Observation of highly vibrationally excited O2 resulting from the reaction of O(1D2) with O3

Abstract
High resolution LIF studies of O2(X 3Σg) following the reaction of O(1D2) with O3 have been achieved using the (0,ν)B 3ΣuX 3Σg Schumann–Runge transitions. Signals arising from ν=14–16 and 18–22 have been observed and an approximate population ratio of P(18)/P(16)=2.2 obtained. The temporal profiles at various ozone concentrations firmly establish that the detected O2 results frm the subject reaction, not from initial photolysis of O3.